David Horovitz
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David Horovitz (born 12 August 1962) is an Israeli journalist, author and speaker, formerly the Editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post
.
, where he was the editor from 1998 and publisher from 2001. In October 2004, Horovitz rejoined the Post as editor-in-chief. David announced he was leaving the Jerusalem Post in a postscript to his final editor's notes column on Friday July 1st, 2011. His final column for the Post featured an interview of Jimmy Wales
.
Horovitz has also written from Israel for newspapers around the world, including The New York Times
, Los Angeles Times
, The Irish Times
and The Independent
(London). He has been a frequent interviewee on IBA
, CNN
, the BBC
, NPR
and other TV and radio stations.
Horovitz is the author of Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism (2004) and of A Little Too Close to God : The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel (2000). He edited and co-wrote The Jerusalem Report’s 1996 biography of Yitzhak Rabin
, Shalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin, which won the U.S. National Jewish Book Award for Non-Fiction.
In 1995, he received the B'nai B'rith
World Center award for journalism for his coverage of the 1994 AMIA bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires
. In 2005, he received the JDC award for journalism on Israel and Diaspora affairs.
He performed his army reserve service in the Education Corps. He and his wife Lisa have three children.
The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language broadsheet newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932 by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post. The daily readership numbers do not approach those of the major Hebrew newspapers....
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Biography
Born in London in 1962, Horovitz immigrated to Israel in 1983, and he worked for the Post from 1983 to 1990. He then worked at The Jerusalem ReportThe Jerusalem Report
The Jerusalem Report is a biweekly print and online newsmagazine that covers political and social issues in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world...
, where he was the editor from 1998 and publisher from 2001. In October 2004, Horovitz rejoined the Post as editor-in-chief. David announced he was leaving the Jerusalem Post in a postscript to his final editor's notes column on Friday July 1st, 2011. His final column for the Post featured an interview of Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the Wikia company....
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Horovitz has also written from Israel for newspapers around the world, including The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
and The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
(London). He has been a frequent interviewee on IBA
Israel Broadcasting Authority
Israel Broadcasting Authority is Israel's state broadcasting network.It grew out of the radio station Kol Yisrael, which made its first broadcast as an independent station on . The name of the organisation operating Kol Yisrael was changed to Israel Broadcasting Service in 1951...
, CNN
CNN
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, the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
and other TV and radio stations.
Horovitz is the author of Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism (2004) and of A Little Too Close to God : The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel (2000). He edited and co-wrote The Jerusalem Report’s 1996 biography of Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin
' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....
, Shalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin, which won the U.S. National Jewish Book Award for Non-Fiction.
In 1995, he received the B'nai B'rith
B'nai B'rith
B'nai B'rith International |Covenant]]" is the oldest continually operating Jewish service organization in the world. It was initially founded as the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith in New York City, on , 1843, by Henry Jones and 11 others....
World Center award for journalism for his coverage of the 1994 AMIA bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. In 2005, he received the JDC award for journalism on Israel and Diaspora affairs.
He performed his army reserve service in the Education Corps. He and his wife Lisa have three children.
Books
- Shalom, Friend : The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin (1996)
- A Little Too Close to God : The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel (2000)
- Inside Israel: The Faiths, The People, and the Modern Conflict of the World's Holiest Land (2002)
- Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism (2004)
External links
. The author's website.- http://www.harrywalker.com/speaker/David-Horovitz.cfm?Spea_ID=1496. Lecture bureau.
- Interview: David Horovitz Discusses Israel's Intricate Gaza Withdrawal
- The Personal and the Political: Talking with David Horovitz
- Jimmy Wales’s benevolent Wikipedia wisdom